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the colgate news hamilton new york volume 9 number 25 june 17 1977 new dean sees counseling and housing as top items by douglas greenswag officially as of june lst robert wilhelm took over as dean of students replacing acting dean of students coleman brown dean wilhelm who came to colgate from yale university presented his first impressions of the university and his future role in a low-key interview with the colgate news asked to outline what he felt was entailed in the job of dean of students dean wilhelm remarked that it is important to try and get a kind of coordination amongst all the various services that university offers rather than have each individual office do just what it is supposed to do the dean added the university is remarkably well organized and that as student need change the university's response has to change it appears that dean wilhelm is very high on many of the ideals that are associated with a liberal arts education in referring to the uniqueness of a college experience dean wilhelm sees his job as providing a central leadership in maintaining that unique quality a few of the issues central to this concern as cited by dean wilhelm were counseling both student and career student-faculty relations and housing it is on the housing issue that dean wilhelm became somewhat more specific although he made no direct references to the current housing proposal dean wilhelm commented that one of the reasons it's very important to have the freshmen together is because everyone knows what happens to sophomores that is they get brutally scattered with this in mind the dean said he was commmitted to action next year by when he hoped the housing issue would have been surveyed by as many different student groups as possible dean wilhelm pointed to housing as being the major current problem at colgte he noted that being housed the way we are we seem not to carry over the intellectual stimulation we get in the classroom into our daily lives a solution to this problem implied by dean wilhelm would be having guest lecturers speak not in a lecture hall but instead in a living unit or a location commonly frequented by students this would bring education to the students in a more relaxed atmosphere this issue takes on further importance when it is related to the fraternity system at colgate dean wilhelm is pleased that the system is here that it seems to be diverse but he also noted that there are problems that need to be investigated one focus of this concern was revealed by dean wilhelm's observation that within fraternities educational opportunities provided by these living units should be up to the same standards as any other place when asked to qualify this statement a bit further dean wilhelm said thai 1 am rather critical in general of what i know so far about the kind of learning atmosphere that might be found in the various living units somewhat in contrast to this dean wilhelm's appraisals of both peace house and bolton house was very favorable he regards the activities of these two houses a possible model for the remainder of the university's living units dean wilhelm also felt that there are other groups of students with a common interest who would want to live together to facilitate the pursuit of that interest dean wilhelm said in addition that all one sex units are missing something we live in a co educational society and it is important to entourage male female interaction concerning his own personal interaction with the student body dean wilhelm has expressed a willingness to meet with the students when he visited the campus before officially beginning in his new position wilhelm visited a number of fraternities and endured saga's cuisine in various locations he has purposely purchased a house on broad street to be right in the middle of things this was done according to dean wilhelm to have that as a place where we can meet and talk to students dean wilhelm is an outsider at colgate as such he will have in his words a different set of assumptions about liberal arts education this provides him with a novel perspective on the major matters involving students however dean wilhelm acknowledges that as of now many of these issues are unfamiliar to him among them the recent fire inspection of the university's living units and the title ix violations cited by the middle states association but in dean wilhelm's words he will look into it dean wilhelm women's center claims colgate is violating rights by vicki weisman recently representatives of the colgate women's center presented president thomas bartlett with petitions concerning women's rights violations at colgate the major issue was the alleged inequalities within the athletic department the group claimed that women are taking a budgetary back-seat further that the proportion of money spent on men's athletics is ten times that of women associate director of athletics robert deming called the essence of this claim a fallacy proportion is not the issue according to mr deming what is important is that there is ample money to fulfill the athletic needs monetary figures give evidence to the fact that the budget for 1976-77 women's athletics was more than sufficient as of may 16 1977 there was over 2,000 dollars left in the women's athletic budget at that date only the women's lacrosse season remained incomplete the money left over was spent on supplies for female athletics which included a 1,500 dollar scoreboard dean morris basically agreed with mr deming the dean questions whether or not there is as much opportunity for women as there is interest at the beginning of each year a questionnaire concerning athletic interests is given to each student the results are used as a basis for decisions about which sports to emphasize one specific attack levelled against colgate is that the university is in violation of title ix regulations dean morris said that title ix asks for sports facilities which are equal to the demand although he did not deny the accusation he said we try not to be in violation at the present time the school is beginning renovations on both reid athletic center and huntington gymnasium specif ically in order to comply with title ix regulations nearly one million dollars will be spent to enable equal usage for men and women another complaint has been that there are far fewer female intercollegiate teams this year a women's intercollegiate softball was proposed dean morris said he was willing to fund it however the team was not yet up to par with intercollegiate standards and therefore was not approved by the intercollegiate athletic committee a somewhat similar perspective was provided by the coordinator of women's athletics ruth goehring she commented that if there are interests and abilities within the student body there has to be a program created on a club level at least every attempt has been made the key according to ms goehring is that facilities are comparable not equal turning specifically to title ix ms goehring pointed out that as of july 21 1978 colgate must be in full compliance with the law with regard to this she seemed to feel that considering the renovations already underway we are well on the way to that compliance dean morris altering summer by peter johnson now that the summer term has begun it is important to look at some of its more controversial aspects due to the unique nature of the summer term opinions appear to be split as to whether it is a valuable educational experience from the point of view of the administration the short summer semester is a simple solution to a great deal of the problems that plague present day colleges first it allows the university to maintain a higher number of enrolled students this keeps attendance for any given semester down to a manageable level aside from the obvious advantage of having more tuition money available there is also the benefit of not having to erect new housing facilities these new units would be obsolete with the anticipated decline in enrollment in the near future mr john coleman of the middle states association's evaluation team cited colgate's short summer term as being the main reason that we are on such sound financial ground this is in contrast to the many other colleges that are floundering however the summer appears to have the opposite effect concerning the financial status of the student both parents and students alike have complained that half of the yearly tuition of 3825 pays for only three courses it appears to them that a reduction in cost should accompany the corresponding reduction in course load this would involve the university's changing to a per course billing system this is the system by which visiting and part time students are currently handled under the present billing system students are charged a lump sum and are allowed to take up to live courses per semester however if colgate were to change to a per-course billing system a controversy would arise the conflict would concern the disparity in the cost of providing courses an example would be the difference in cost between an english course and a chemistry course clearly the equipment required for the latter would make a price increase mandatory another complaint often heard is that the number of courses offered is rather small the actual number offered is fifty-five the reasons for this situation are many first the summer population is extremely difficult to predict with sophomores juniors seniors study groups and exemptionsjthe prediction process is inevitably inaccurate secondly many of the smaller departments at colgate don't have a large enough staff to handle a third year term during the year problems arise with sabatticals and tenure the smaller departments are the hardest bit thirdly the first semester seniors need upper-level courses on the other hana sophomores and juniors need more basic courses there is however some flexibility in scheduling for example another section of photography was added after sufficient interest in the course was shown despite the somewhat imposing nature of the summer term there are some good points which the student must consider in the summer you are still here at colgate but it is a far cry from the colgate of the other terms during the corresponding semester spent off campus one becomes independent this is a time when students are free to explore a career or travel also it is gratifying to realize that it is easier to get a job during the non summer months another question is why not restructure the semesters at colgate so that all would be of equal duration instead of having one short ten week semester this proposal would solve the problems of money attendance,and the lack of summer courses the summer term commission has thoroughly researched the potential equalization of semesters they came to the onclusion that such a shift would . ause too much internal wrenching of the colgate community in addition to the scheduling problems involved the three semester program would mean the elimination of what dean miller called a sacred cow at colgate - the january special studies program further because of the changes involved many of the more conservative faculty have continued on page five

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the colgate news hamilton new york volume 9 number 25 june 17 1977 new dean sees counseling and housing as top items by douglas greenswag officially as of june lst robert wilhelm took over as dean of students replacing acting dean of students coleman brown dean wilhelm who came to colgate from yale university presented his first impressions of the university and his future role in a low-key interview with the colgate news asked to outline what he felt was entailed in the job of dean of students dean wilhelm remarked that it is important to try and get a kind of coordination amongst all the various services that university offers rather than have each individual office do just what it is supposed to do the dean added the university is remarkably well organized and that as student need change the university's response has to change it appears that dean wilhelm is very high on many of the ideals that are associated with a liberal arts education in referring to the uniqueness of a college experience dean wilhelm sees his job as providing a central leadership in maintaining that unique quality a few of the issues central to this concern as cited by dean wilhelm were counseling both student and career student-faculty relations and housing it is on the housing issue that dean wilhelm became somewhat more specific although he made no direct references to the current housing proposal dean wilhelm commented that one of the reasons it's very important to have the freshmen together is because everyone knows what happens to sophomores that is they get brutally scattered with this in mind the dean said he was commmitted to action next year by when he hoped the housing issue would have been surveyed by as many different student groups as possible dean wilhelm pointed to housing as being the major current problem at colgte he noted that being housed the way we are we seem not to carry over the intellectual stimulation we get in the classroom into our daily lives a solution to this problem implied by dean wilhelm would be having guest lecturers speak not in a lecture hall but instead in a living unit or a location commonly frequented by students this would bring education to the students in a more relaxed atmosphere this issue takes on further importance when it is related to the fraternity system at colgate dean wilhelm is pleased that the system is here that it seems to be diverse but he also noted that there are problems that need to be investigated one focus of this concern was revealed by dean wilhelm's observation that within fraternities educational opportunities provided by these living units should be up to the same standards as any other place when asked to qualify this statement a bit further dean wilhelm said thai 1 am rather critical in general of what i know so far about the kind of learning atmosphere that might be found in the various living units somewhat in contrast to this dean wilhelm's appraisals of both peace house and bolton house was very favorable he regards the activities of these two houses a possible model for the remainder of the university's living units dean wilhelm also felt that there are other groups of students with a common interest who would want to live together to facilitate the pursuit of that interest dean wilhelm said in addition that all one sex units are missing something we live in a co educational society and it is important to entourage male female interaction concerning his own personal interaction with the student body dean wilhelm has expressed a willingness to meet with the students when he visited the campus before officially beginning in his new position wilhelm visited a number of fraternities and endured saga's cuisine in various locations he has purposely purchased a house on broad street to be right in the middle of things this was done according to dean wilhelm to have that as a place where we can meet and talk to students dean wilhelm is an outsider at colgate as such he will have in his words a different set of assumptions about liberal arts education this provides him with a novel perspective on the major matters involving students however dean wilhelm acknowledges that as of now many of these issues are unfamiliar to him among them the recent fire inspection of the university's living units and the title ix violations cited by the middle states association but in dean wilhelm's words he will look into it dean wilhelm women's center claims colgate is violating rights by vicki weisman recently representatives of the colgate women's center presented president thomas bartlett with petitions concerning women's rights violations at colgate the major issue was the alleged inequalities within the athletic department the group claimed that women are taking a budgetary back-seat further that the proportion of money spent on men's athletics is ten times that of women associate director of athletics robert deming called the essence of this claim a fallacy proportion is not the issue according to mr deming what is important is that there is ample money to fulfill the athletic needs monetary figures give evidence to the fact that the budget for 1976-77 women's athletics was more than sufficient as of may 16 1977 there was over 2,000 dollars left in the women's athletic budget at that date only the women's lacrosse season remained incomplete the money left over was spent on supplies for female athletics which included a 1,500 dollar scoreboard dean morris basically agreed with mr deming the dean questions whether or not there is as much opportunity for women as there is interest at the beginning of each year a questionnaire concerning athletic interests is given to each student the results are used as a basis for decisions about which sports to emphasize one specific attack levelled against colgate is that the university is in violation of title ix regulations dean morris said that title ix asks for sports facilities which are equal to the demand although he did not deny the accusation he said we try not to be in violation at the present time the school is beginning renovations on both reid athletic center and huntington gymnasium specif ically in order to comply with title ix regulations nearly one million dollars will be spent to enable equal usage for men and women another complaint has been that there are far fewer female intercollegiate teams this year a women's intercollegiate softball was proposed dean morris said he was willing to fund it however the team was not yet up to par with intercollegiate standards and therefore was not approved by the intercollegiate athletic committee a somewhat similar perspective was provided by the coordinator of women's athletics ruth goehring she commented that if there are interests and abilities within the student body there has to be a program created on a club level at least every attempt has been made the key according to ms goehring is that facilities are comparable not equal turning specifically to title ix ms goehring pointed out that as of july 21 1978 colgate must be in full compliance with the law with regard to this she seemed to feel that considering the renovations already underway we are well on the way to that compliance dean morris altering summer by peter johnson now that the summer term has begun it is important to look at some of its more controversial aspects due to the unique nature of the summer term opinions appear to be split as to whether it is a valuable educational experience from the point of view of the administration the short summer semester is a simple solution to a great deal of the problems that plague present day colleges first it allows the university to maintain a higher number of enrolled students this keeps attendance for any given semester down to a manageable level aside from the obvious advantage of having more tuition money available there is also the benefit of not having to erect new housing facilities these new units would be obsolete with the anticipated decline in enrollment in the near future mr john coleman of the middle states association's evaluation team cited colgate's short summer term as being the main reason that we are on such sound financial ground this is in contrast to the many other colleges that are floundering however the summer appears to have the opposite effect concerning the financial status of the student both parents and students alike have complained that half of the yearly tuition of 3825 pays for only three courses it appears to them that a reduction in cost should accompany the corresponding reduction in course load this would involve the university's changing to a per course billing system this is the system by which visiting and part time students are currently handled under the present billing system students are charged a lump sum and are allowed to take up to live courses per semester however if colgate were to change to a per-course billing system a controversy would arise the conflict would concern the disparity in the cost of providing courses an example would be the difference in cost between an english course and a chemistry course clearly the equipment required for the latter would make a price increase mandatory another complaint often heard is that the number of courses offered is rather small the actual number offered is fifty-five the reasons for this situation are many first the summer population is extremely difficult to predict with sophomores juniors seniors study groups and exemptionsjthe prediction process is inevitably inaccurate secondly many of the smaller departments at colgate don't have a large enough staff to handle a third year term during the year problems arise with sabatticals and tenure the smaller departments are the hardest bit thirdly the first semester seniors need upper-level courses on the other hana sophomores and juniors need more basic courses there is however some flexibility in scheduling for example another section of photography was added after sufficient interest in the course was shown despite the somewhat imposing nature of the summer term there are some good points which the student must consider in the summer you are still here at colgate but it is a far cry from the colgate of the other terms during the corresponding semester spent off campus one becomes independent this is a time when students are free to explore a career or travel also it is gratifying to realize that it is easier to get a job during the non summer months another question is why not restructure the semesters at colgate so that all would be of equal duration instead of having one short ten week semester this proposal would solve the problems of money attendance,and the lack of summer courses the summer term commission has thoroughly researched the potential equalization of semesters they came to the onclusion that such a shift would . ause too much internal wrenching of the colgate community in addition to the scheduling problems involved the three semester program would mean the elimination of what dean miller called a sacred cow at colgate - the january special studies program further because of the changes involved many of the more conservative faculty have continued on page five